angelica

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While some herbs, such as angelica or woodruff, do well in partial shade, the big boys, including basil, oregano and sage, need full sun.

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  1. noun Any of various herbs of the genus Angelica in the parsley family, having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels, especially A. archangelica, whose roots and fruits are used in flavoring liqueurs and whose stems are candied and eaten.
  2. noun The edible stem, leaf, or root of Angelica archangelica.
  3. noun A sweet white wine or liqueur.

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  • While some herbs, such as angelica or woodruff, do well in partial shade, the big boys, including basil, oregano and sage, need full sun. —  News for Richmond Times-Dispatch
  • As flavoring agents, roots and seeds of angelica are widely used in alcoholic liqueurs such as benedictine and chartreuse, and in gin and vermouth. —  Find Me A Cure
  • The essential oil of angelica is used in perfumes, soaps, salves, oils, shampoos, and cigarettes. —  Find Me A Cure
  • Here, the volatile oil of Chinese angelica is used as the transdermal absorption promoting agent. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • Pointing more vaguely at the bowl, the manager racked her brain to remember the English words for cumin and angelica-and all this was just to index the mild broth. —  Seattle Weekly | Complete Issue
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  1. Medieval Latin (herba) angelica, angelic (herb), angelica, from Late Latin, feminine of angelicus, angelic, from Late Greek angelikos, from Greek, of a messenger, from angelos, messenger.

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  1. Middle Latin, sc. herba, feminine of Late Latin angelicus, angelic (see angelic): with allusion to the supposed magical virtues possessed by some of the species.
 

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